Padma Awardee from Assam booked for ‘raping’ minor

Guwahati: Police in Assam have booked a Padma Awardee under POSCO act for allegedly raping a minor girl.

According to the FIR, the victim, who was adopted by the accused, said that he sexually harassed her for a year.

However, the Gauhati High Court granted the accused an anticipatory bail. The excessive courtroom summoned case diary on the case on January 7.

A case was registered by the Assam police against Uddhab Bharali primarily based on a grievance from a chief judicial Justice who was briefed by the district authorised companies authority.

Whereas granting bail, justice Arun Dev Choudhury stated that the alleged offence by the accused was “critical in nature”.

Meanwhile, the victim is currently lodged in a children’s home, under special police protection.

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